These original Data-Boy Music columns have been collected in a book with LOTS of new material and photos -
it's the story of Data-Boy magazine and the LA Punk / Post-Punk scene. The story presented is a lot more complete!

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found articles circa 1980-82 written by Billy Eye and Judy Zee from
Data-Boy, a gay entertainment magazine published in Hollywood.

These
articles chronicle the bands coming up through the Los Angeles
Punk and New Wave club scene during a key period. They read
like a diary in the lives of these young clubgoers and the burgeoning
scene they covered.

In
the early-eighties, young people in Los Angeles were flocking to makeshift
clubs in droves to see new up and coming bands. Live new music, not
DJs, was what they craved.

These writings
provide a sketchy look at the underground club scene in Los Angeles
during the time that groups like X, The Go-Go's, The Minutemen
and Wall of Voodoo entered the public consciousness.

Billy
Eye reported on the Downtown & Hollywood punk art/rock scene, a
hardcore world of small, dark dives like The Brave Dog and Al's
Bar, floating clubs like The Veil as well as established
Hollywood icons like The Starwood, The Roxy, and
Odyssey.

Judy
Zee also covered the Hollywood scene, while writing about Westside happenings
in clubs like The Whisky, Blackies and Club
88 - she
was one of the few female rock columnists on the scene at that time.

Performances
by The Go-Gos, Fear, U2, Grace Jones and Talking Heads are reviewed
along with other obscure but influential LA rockers - particularly two
up and coming bands, one that made it (early-MTV fave Missing
Persons) and one that didn't (Red Wedding,
the only openly gay punk band).

A
look at what nightclubbing meant in Los Angeles in the early eighties.